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Haida portrait mask

Balfour, Henry, 1863-1939 · 1907 · London : Anthropological Institute · 1 picture

A 1907 London anthropological study by Henry Balfour, published by the Anthropological Institute for scholars of Northwest Coast material culture, documenting a Haida carved wooden portrait mask. The plate shows the mask from the front and from below in sepia photographs, with carved brow ridges, deep-set eyes, and an open mouth with visible teeth, suggesting a designer could draw on its strong carved planes and expressive relief for woodcut-style or tribal-inspired graphics.

Indian masks · Haida Indians · Haida wood-carving

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